Beschrijving
Better to Hang than to Marry an Evil Woman (previously To Live with Evil Woman). A pilgrim is convicted of a crime and is sentenced either to pay a fine or to have his eyes put out (be executed). He has no money so he is brought, blindfolded, to the place of execution.
A rich but ugly woman offers to pay the fine for him if he will marry her. When his blindfold is removed and he sees her, he asks to have it replaced, saying that it is better not to see at all than to have always to look at something so unpleasant. The judge lets him go free. Cf. Types 1164, 1170.
A rich but ugly woman offers to pay the fine for him if he will marry her. When his blindfold is removed and he sees her, he asks to have it replaced, saying that it is better not to see at all than to have always to look at something so unpleasant. The judge lets him go free. Cf. Types 1164, 1170.
Motief
K1318
Commentaar
Documented since the Middle Ages, e.g. Cento novelle antiche (No. 115).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1367*
Subgenre
mop